Why is Bharat the 'Spiritual Master (Guru)' of the World?

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The number of Gurus and the importance of India

To understand who is a Guru and what is the importance of Guru, please go through the information on Guru provided here.

The table below gives the number of Gurus, Sadgurus and Paratpar Gurus and saints of the corresponding level presently in India and in other countries. It will illustrate why India is called the 'spiritual master (Guru)' of the world.

    Spiritual
Level %
Number of Saints Number of Gurus
India Other
Countries
Total India Other
Countries
Total
A. Gurus 70 4910 90 5000 295 5 300
B. Sadgurus 80 290 10 300 28 2 30
C. Paratpar Gurus 90 18 2 20 5 0 5

In this context The following verse (shloka) from the Mahabharat (18.5.46) is important.

अष्टादश पुराणानि धर्मशास्त्राणि सर्वशः ।
वेदाः साङ्गास्तथैकत्र भारतं चैकतः स्थितम् ॥

Meaning : The eighteen Purans, all the scriptures (Smrutis) and the Vedas are on one side and Bharat (ancient India) on the other. (So great is the potential of Bharat.)

(Ref: Sanatan's Publication - 'Path of Guru's Grace (Gurukrupayoga)')



For more information on this article read Sanatan's publication 'Path of Guru's Grace (Gurukrupayoga)'.

Currently hard copy of reference book is available in: English, Marathi, Hindi, Kannad, Gujrati, Bengali, Gurumukhi, Malyalum, Tamil, Oriya, Telugu and Serbian.

Sanatan Sanstha has undertaken mission of awakening righteousness and spreading spirituality in India and abroad. For further details contact: sanatan@sanatan.org


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santosh desai, India (Bharat)
18 Aug 2007, 04:41
Respective sir,
every hindu should know these concepts.
vinoo, United Kingdom
07 Jul 2009, 06:47
A great work being done to regenrate and awaken the Hindu masses.

Bhagwan's Blessing be with you alwyas.
S'sevak

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